Thursday, May 20, 2010

U.S. stock markets will shed gains swiftly: Prechter

Another deflationary wave of global credit strains, heralded by the Greek debt crisis, will broadly punish riskier assets, technical analyst Robert Prechter said on Friday.

U.S. stock markets will erase their past six months of gains "in a matter of weeks," said Prechter, president of research company Elliott Wave International, in Gainesville, Georgia and known for predicting the 1987 stock market crash.

Investors should opt for the safest possible investments, putting their money in very short-term Treasury bills or cash, he said, reiterating this long-expressed preference based on the expectation of long-term economic weakness. (more)

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